Improvement in hydrants



4 lin its upper ni'JiviTEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT STEPHENSON, OF ST.- LOUIS, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN HYDRANTS.

` Specification forming part of Letters Patent N o. 49,801, dated september 5, 14865.

To ali/whom 'it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT STEPHENSON,A

or et. Louis, in the county of St. Louis and @taie of Missouri, have invented a new and nseinl improvement infHydrants; and I do,`

hereby declare that the followingisa full, clear, and lexact description' thereof, able othersskilled in the art to make and use 'the same, reference being had to the, accompanying drawings, forming part ot' this speciiieation, in wbielif- Y i Figure'lis ayertical section ot' my invention, talren in the lin'e ,`Fig. 2; Fig. 2,-aY

horizontal section of the same,.taken in the lline y y,l1`ig. 1.

Similar letters parte.

Vof 'referente indigo-.ite like This invention relates to a new and i1n' proved` hydrant i'or drawing and stopping at will WaterA or other luids from reservoirs or fromv pipes feder supplied from reservoirs.A

The object of the invention is to obtain a hydrant which may be readily removed or detaehsed when necessary, and also applied to the main, and .one which cape of the water, so as to avoid the Contingenoy of the hydrant freezing up in winter.

A represents a box, which may be of wood or other material, tted permanently inthev earth and having secured within' it a metallic:

chamber, B, which communicates withA the main or watersnpply pipeby meansofarpipe, il). This chamber Bis a fixture within AandV the former part, into which the lower end of a pipe, D, is screwed, the latterformi'ng the main part or body of fthe hydrant. f y y @ther means may be devised forconnect-ing D with B, bnt'the serein-coupling will .probal bly answer as gooda purpose as an'yother.'` valve-s eat, b,r

The lower end'of the pipe D is a which extends down into B below the screwconpling. 'length or diameter.

D represents av rod,l whiohis ittedvvithin at its lower end, guides c,

and 'has a valve,' 11" c hein? at the lower' end of the rod above the valve andiitting in groovesd in the lowerv artoi' 'The upper end of the rodE is proi d with' 'acylindrical head, e, which is 'fitted cylindrical box composed of' twolon.-

which will en- `coupling of the, rods E Gr will admit ofthe eshas a female. soreW-tlead, a, ont

The pipe D may be of any .desired terminal parte; f ivhi'ch are kept incontact,

Vso as to inclose saidnead by the pipe- D; and Within said boxthere is alsoaeylindrical'head, g, on thelower end of a rod, Gn, which passes through the Atop of pipe,D,and basa screwthread, h, upon it which Works in a female screw in' a cap or nut, H. (See Fig. l.) This nut or cap may lie-provided -with a stniiiing box A. By this arrangement it will be seen that by turning rod G, which may be'doue through'the medi'umofa Wheel, Lor its equiv-l aient, the valve-rod E Will'be raised and lowered bythe screw and nut previouslyalluded to, and the valve Fopened and closed, as desired.

The pipo D is composed ot two parts connected by a'sore\veonpling, t', so `that the may. be renderedv accessible when necessary or desired. The pipe D is providedvwith a dischargespout, J, at anypoint above the surfacef'of; the ground;

land in the pipe D,just`above the chamber B,

there is made an openng,j, which, when the. valve F is open, is covered byavalve, K. (See more particularly Fig. 1.)` taohed to a spring, is eonneotedlto the a tendency to press the valve K toward theiu.- ner sident' the pipe D, and causingitto sitor' t water-tight over the hole or opening j 'when brought-in line therewith. d

From 'the above description it will be'seen v` vthat when the rod Ek is lowered and thevalve F Aopened the water will flow up-througlrl) and ldut Athrough thespout .1,the'waste-openiiigj when the rod E is raised and 'the val-ve .F closed the valve K Y Alinewith opening j, and the wastewater-UID) will escape through .said Yopex'iing intobox A.

being closed, and

willnot be in Ifwould remark -thatthe spring'L may be attached to the rod E by means of a screw, R," passing .through an oblong slot in ,L into the rod, by-.which means the valve K maybe ad'-` :j'usted higher or loWer,-in order tohave it in a' fproper'relative,positionwwithihe opening j to .Y

workproperly. Y' f 4 n Theuhydrant thusconstructed may be read` 'ily. taken yup orL detached fron'i the main Y varid alsoreadily applied.w All the' parts are reni'- deredlaeoessible forrepairs when necessary, and itmay be moved adjusted for use without the trouble j or taken fromplace tof place am and expense of excavating. The boxes A and This valve Kis at- L, the .upper end of' which rod E, said spring having r `chambers B Within` them being xtures, do ranged'to operate in connection with the opennot require to be moved if the device be gening j in D, substantially as set forth.

erally adopted. 2. The box A, when used in combination I claim as new and desire to secure by Let;- with the hydrant constructed and arranged A ters Patentas described.

1. A portable or removable hydrant' com- 1 posed of the chamber Band pipe D, connected ALBT STEPHENSON by a screw or other coupling, and provided Witnesses: with a valve, F, at the lower end of-D, a. dis- JOHN JEGKO,

charge-spout, J, and a waste-valve, K,-ar FREDERICK WEINHEIMER. 

